As fanciful as Martin Scorsese’s new film about Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue of 1975 is, it doesn’t aim to turn truth into myth nearly as much as the infamous movie Dylan himself made du…
playing “Mrs. Dylan.” Whatever impish reasons he might have had for doing that, it was undoubtedly a sign of the affection Dylan had for Blakley, who’d come right off a promotional tour for Robert Altman’s “Nashville” onto his tour, with a quick stop to record his single “Hurricane.”Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
I was picked up at the airport around 11 or midnight and driven to the Columbia studios, where I walked in and we started recording “Hurricane.” And that was 24 or maybe 26 hours after we met at the Other End. [Laughs.] I still hadn’t been to sleep.All of a sudden, there I was, singing face to face with Bob. I don’t think there was any working out of parts. I heard the song and then we just recorded it, live in the studio. It was riveting.
It’s almost surprising Mitchell didn’t get cut out of the movie, as she has gone on to say some uncomplimentary things about Dylan’s songwriting. Oh, he is, was and will always be the star. But we were a good supporting cast, and he had 100% devotion from everyone. And you don’t have to pretend to support Bob. Everybody’s called him our Shakespeare for so long, but I’m going to start calling him our Sophocles. He’s for all time, and I think Scorsese covers that in the film. I also think he points out, without saying so, in the same way that Tennessee Williams did, that even a flower is sad, because our story is basically tragic.
That’s fiction? Do you know Kevin Crossley? He was piano tech on the tour and played with Joan Baez’s set — brilliant pianist, fantastic guy. He and I went to see the film together, and we said to each other, “Did you ever meet this guy?” Well, see, that explains a lot right there. It completely fooled me and Kevin, so thank you for telling me, because we’ve been asking around. What else?I never saw her, but you know, I didn’t see everything and I don’t remember everything, so I wasn’t sure.
Also, when he did extend himself, it was very real. He doesn’t waste words. You know, I’m hesitant to speak about it because I don’t want to come off as if I know him that well today. I think of him with fondness in my heart, and I love seeing him, and he seems happy to see me. But he’s a private man, and I never have really spoken about his privacy. But I think he’s reached a point as a public figure where he has become the lion in winter.
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